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Empire 4.0

Installation

  1. Install python3.9 as recommended by bc-security

via apt

sudo apt install python3.9 python3.9-dev

Alternatively,

cd /tmp
sudo apt install build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev curl libbz2-dev
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.1/Python-3.9.1.tgz
tar -xf Python-3.9.1.tgz
cd Python-3.9.1
sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo make install
  1. Install poetry for python3.9

    pip3.9 install poetry
    

  2. Install empire

git clone --recursive https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire.git
cd Empire
poetry env use $(which python3.9)
setup/install.sh
  1. Download a compiled starkiller binary from https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Starkiller/releases/tag/v1.10.0

Reference https://bc-security.gitbook.io/empire-wiki/quickstart/installation

Start Empire

  1. Start empire team server with custom username and password

     ./ps-empire server --username <user_name> --password <password>
    

  2. Fireup start killer and login